For years, we’ve been told that Donald Trump is a worse-than-Hitler threat to democracy and that those who opposed him—leading Democrats, the courts, Noam Chomsky, Michael Avenatti, Rachel Maddow, the hosts of The View, even old Twitter—were just trying to protect it. It’s odd then to now be told that the best way to save democracy is by banning Trump from the ballot.

That’s what happened in Colorado yesterday, when the state’s Supreme Court ruled in a 4–3 decision that former president Donald Trump—currently the most popular presidential candidate—was disqualified from appearing on Colorado ballots for the 2024 presidential election.

The decision—perhaps the most extra-constitutional act by a high court in my lifetime—is astonishing on every level.

[Meijer was one of ten House Republicans that voted to impeach Donald Trump. He’s not a Trump apologist in the least. Meijer also picks on the real split in the Colorado supreme court — the Poison Ivies vs the locals. — Ed]